Mehmed Zülfikar Efendi

Born 1870/71 (AH 1287) · Harput · Dated entries 1885 to 1907 (AH 1303 to 1324)

Languages French, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD 146-137

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The life

Mehmed Zülfikar Efendi was born in Harput in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The father’s occupation was Tüccar. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Halep Vilayeti Rüşdiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included French and Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Cebel Seman in 1884/85 (AH 1302). Dated career entries span 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 1906/07 (AH 1324) across 12 AH years, from Cebel Mahallesi to Bitlis, beginning with Muhafız muvakkat müfettişi and ending with entries for Telgraf ve posta merkez müdürü. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Cebel Mahallesi, Mersin, Adana and Viri and 2 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 900 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324); the highest recorded monthly rate is 900 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Harput · 1870/71 (AH 1287)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Tüccar^[source]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; Halep Vilayeti Rüşdiye Mektebi^[source]
First work: 1884/85 (AH 1302) · Cebel Seman^[source]
Age at first work: 15 (calculated from AH year labels)^[source]Difference between AH year labels; approximate age.
First salary: 400 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

13
Dated AH years: 7
Career place names: 3
Entries without a resolved year: 12
Salary years: 400 → 900
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 900
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 75.0%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 1906/07 (AH 1324); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1906/07 (AH 1324).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 11 · Harput

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1
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Harput
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Cebel Seman
Not yet located on the map: Cebel Seman
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 15
  Personal record & evidence →
3
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Cebel Mahallesi
Not yet located on the map: Cebel Mahallesi
1. Muhafız muvakkat müfettişi
  400 kuruşCalculated age 16
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Kilis
1. Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru (İnfisal)
  Calculated age 18
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Mersin / Adana
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Mersin
  Düyûn-ı Umûmiye ikinci kâtibi ve Enfiye-i Milliye sandık emini
  350 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Adana
  Düyûn-ı Umûmiye merkez müdüriyeti evrâk-ı sahiha memuru ve sandık emini
  400 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1889/90 (AH 1307)
Adana
1. Düyûn-ı Umûmiye merkez müdüriyeti evrâk-ı sahiha memuru ve sandık emini
  400 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1890/91 (AH 1308)
Adana / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Adana
  Düyûn-ı Umûmiye merkez müdüriyeti evrâk-ı sahiha memuru ve sandık emini
  400 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Emlâk-ı Hümâyun kâtibi
  800 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
8
1891/92 (AH 1309)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Emlâk-ı Hümâyun kâtibi
  800 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Emlâk-ı Hümâyun kâtibi (Azil)
  Calculated age 22
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1892/93 (AH 1310) · 5 recorded years
Viri
AH entries: 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Viri
1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi
  400 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi
  400 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
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10
1897/98 (AH 1315)
Viri / Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Viri
1. Viri
  Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi
  400 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
  Posta kâtibi
  400 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Entry & evidence →[1]
11
1906/07 (AH 1324)
Bitlis
1. Telgraf ve posta merkez müdürü
  900 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Entry & evidence →[1]

3 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Muhafız muvakkat müfettişi (İstifa) · Cebel Mahallesi · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru · Kilis · Undated · 200 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Telgraf ve posta merkez müdürü (Açığa çıkarılma) · Bitlis · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

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Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1885/86 (AH 1303)	400	400	150 to 1,500	44.7%	1787
1888/89 (AH 1306)	400	400	135 to 1,500	45.6%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	400	400	130 to 1,500	46.2%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	800	400	125 to 1,500	76.2%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	800	400	140 to 1,600	75.5%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	400	400	135 to 1,500	45.0%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	400	400	140 to 1,400	44.7%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	400	400	140 to 1,500	44.9%	2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)	400	400	140 to 1,500	44.7%	1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)	400	450	150 to 1,575	42.2%	2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)	400	400	140 to 1,425	45.2%	1891
1906/07 (AH 1324)	900	450	150 to 1,525	75.0%	1371

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Viri6
1892 to 1898 (AH 1310 to 1315)
Adana3
1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308)
Bitlis1
1906/07 (AH 1324)
Cebel Mahallesi1
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Mersin1
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)1
1897/98 (AH 1315)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Viri400
Adana250 to 400
Bitlis900
Cebel Mahallesi400
Mersin350
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)400

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title

Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi6
1892 to 1898 (AH 1310 to 1315)
Düyûn-ı Umûmiye merkez müdüriyeti evrâk-ı sahiha memuru ve sandık emini3
1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308)
Emlâk-ı Hümâyun kâtibi2
1890 to 1892 (AH 1308 to 1309)
Düyûn-ı Umûmiye ikinci kâtibi ve Enfiye-i Milliye sandık emini1
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Düyûn-ı Umûmiye merkez müdüriyeti evrâk-ı sahiha memuru ve sandık emini (İstifa)1
1890/91 (AH 1308)
Düyûn-ı Umûmiye merkez müdüriyeti tahrirat mümeyyizi1
1890/91 (AH 1308)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

Harput168 other officialsAli Ziya Efendi born 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 250 kuruş
Adana21 other officialsMehmed Nuri Bey 3 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
1885/86 (AH 1303)180 other officialsAbdullah Efendi first annual entry 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 300 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüşdiye şehadetnâmesi^[1]

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Halep Vilayeti Rüşdiye Mektebi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

French · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]
Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code): 1 (recorded code)^[source]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları
ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 104, 105, 106
BOA. DH. SAİD 146-137

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